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Back in 1999/2000 my university switched from using TWM to FVWM2. I didn't like TWM but I loved FVWM2, even more than Afterstep, Window Maker, Gnome & KDE. The thing I love about FVWM2 was it's Motif look-and-feel.
I remember Red Hat 5.2 (one of the best oldskool distros) default wm was FVWM2. Nowadays I can't find a distro that ships with FVWM2. Does anyone know if there's a distro that still uses FVWM2? Currently I use Fedora Core 4.1. Is it possible to install FVWM2 on any distro without breaking it? Also I had a look at the latest FVWM2 and doesn't look Motif anymore. Does anyone know whether it's still possible to get FVWM2 back to Motif look-and-feel aswell as installing it on latest distros/livecds?
Slackware still includes fvwm2 (i am using it right now) i suggest you use Lesstif instead of motif...
while most fvwm2 users like to customize their system with themes and icons & such i personally decided to go the other direction and make fvwm2 as minimal as possible while keeping features & a menu that is quite usable, my fvwmrc file is small enough i will post it...
Code:
EdgeResistance 100 10
EdgeScroll 100 100
ClickTime 750
DeskTopSize 2x2
MenuStyle * fvwm, Foreground White, Background DarkGreen
MenuStyle * Font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
ColormapFocus FollowsMouse
# default Styles:
# make sure these fonts exist on your system:
Style * Font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Style * IconFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Style * HilightFore White, HilightBack DarkGreen
Style * BorderWidth 4, HandleWidth 4
Style * Icon Color lightgrey/dimgrey
Style * MWMFunctions, MWMDecor, HintOverride
Style * DecorateTransient, NoPPosition
Style * FocusFollowsMouse
Style * TileCascadePlacement
#Style FvwmTaskBar BorderWidth 2, HandleWidth 2, NoTitle
# Styles for various Fvwm modules:
Style Fvwm* NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip
# some simple default key bindings:
Key Next A SCM Next[*] Focus
Key Prior A SCM Prev[*] Focus
# some simple default mouse bindings:
# for the root window:
Mouse 3 R A Menu MenuFvwmRoot Nop
Mouse 2 R A WindowList
Mouse 1 R A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps Nop
# for the title bar buttons:
Mouse 0 1 A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps Nop
Mouse 0 2 A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps Nop
# for other parts of the window/borders/icons:
Mouse 1 F A FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
Mouse 1 TS A FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
Mouse 1 I A FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
Mouse 2 I A Iconify
Mouse 2 FST A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps2 Nop
Mouse 3 TSIF A RaiseLower
######################## Initialization Functions ############################
AddToFunc StartFunction
+ I Module FvwmAnimate
+ I Module FvwmPager 0 0
AddToFunc InitFunction
+ I exec xsetroot -mod 88 88 -fg DarkGreen -bg Black
######################## Menus ###################
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmRoot
AddToMenu MenuFvwmRoot "Root Menu" Title
+ "&_ FileMan" Exec exec rox
+ "&_ Iconz!" Exec exec rox --pinboard=PIN
+ "&_ NEdit" Exec exec nedit
+ "&_ System" Exec exec gkrellm
+ "&_ Xterm" Exec exec xterm -bg black -fg white -cr red
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Graphics" Popup MenuFvwmGraphics
+ "&_ Groovy" Popup MenuFvwmGroovy
+ "&_ Internet" Popup MenufvwmInternet
+ "&_ Utilities" Popup MenuFvwmUtilities
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Config" Popup MenuFvwmConfig
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Exit Fvwm" Popup MenuFvwmQuitVerify
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmGraphics
AddToMenu MenuFvwmgraphics "_Graphics_" Title
+ "&_ Colorz!" Exec exec gcolor2
+ "&_ Gimp" Exec exec gimp
+ "&_ GQView" Exec exec gqview
+ "&_ Paint" Exec exec mtpaint
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmGroovy
AddToMenu MenuFvwmgroovy "_Groovy_" Title
+ "&_ Aumix" Exec exec aumix
+ "&_ MPlayer" Exec exec gmplayer
+ "&_ RipperX" Exec exec ripperX
+ "&_ XMMS" Exec exec xmms
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmInternet
AddToMenu MenuFvwmInternet "_Internet_" Title
+ "&_ Email" Exec exec thunderbird
+ "&_ Firefox" Exec exec firefox
+ "&_ Mozilla" Exec exec seamonkey
+ "&_ Opera" Exec exec opera
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmUtilities
AddToMenu MenuFvwmUtilities "_Utilities_" Title
+ "&_ Calculator" Exec exec xcalc -bg powderblue
+ "&_ Calender" Exec exec sunbird
+ "&_ Clippy" Exec exec xclipboard -bg powderblue
+ "&_ OpenOffice" Exec exec soffice -writer
+ "&_ xPDF" Exec exec xpdf
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmConfig
AddToMenu MenuFvwmConfig "Configuration" Title
+ "&_ Sloppy Focus" FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange SloppyFocus
+ "&_ Click To Focus" FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange ClickToFocus
+ "&_ Focus Follows Mouse" FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange FocusFollowsMouse
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Full Paging ON" EdgeScroll 100 100
+ "&_ All Paging OFF" EdgeScroll 0 0
+ "&_ Horizontal Paging Only" EdgeScroll 100 0
+ "&_ Vertical Paging Only" EdgeScroll 0 100
+ "&_ Partial Paging" EdgeScroll 50 50
+ "&_ FullPaging & EdgeWrap" EdgeScroll 100000 100000
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Animation" Popup MenuFvwmAnimate
+ "&_ RootCursor" Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-RootCursor
# The window Ops menus exhibit a different HotKey style.
# There are 2 versions of the WindowOps Menu, meant to be bound to different
# things. Here is the "common" part:
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmWindowCommon
AddToFunc FuncFvwmWindowCommon
+ I AddToMenu $0 &Move Move
+ I AddToMenu $0 &Resize Resize
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
+ I AddToMenu $0 (De)&Iconify Iconify
+ I AddToMenu $0 (un)Stick Stick
+ I AddToMenu $0 (Un)Ma&ximize Maximize
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
# + I AddToMenu $0 &Delete Delete
+ I AddToMenu $0 &Close Close
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
+ I AddToMenu $0 Destroy Destroy
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
# First windowops menu, bound to:
# mouse 2 on root
# Root menu
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps
AddToMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps "Window Ops" Title
FuncFvwmWindowCommon MenuFvwmWindowOps
+ "Re&fresh Window" RefreshWindow
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmQuitVerify
AddToMenu MenuFvwmQuitVerify "Really Quit?" Title
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Really Quit" Quit
+ "" Nop
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Restart" Restart
+ "" Nop
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ ICEwm" Restart icewm
+ "&_ KDE" Restart startkde
+ "&_ MWM" Restart mwm
+ "&_ OpenBox" Restart openbox
+ "&_ TWM" Restart twm
+ "&_ VTWM" Restart vtwm
######################## Sample Functions ##########################
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMailXmh
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMailXmh
+ I Next [$0] Iconify false
+ I Next [$0] Focus
+ I None [$0] Exec $0 $1
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
+ I Raise
+ M Move
+ D Lower
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMaximize
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMaximize
+ M Maximize 0 100
+ H Maximize 0 100
+ C Maximize 0 80
+ D Maximize 100 100
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
+ I Raise
+ M Move
+ D Iconify
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
AddToFunc FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
+ I Raise
+ M Resize
+ D Lower
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmPrint
AddToFunc FuncFvwmPrint
+ I Raise
+ I Exec xdpr -id $w
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmPrintReverse
AddToFunc FuncFvwmPrintReverse
+ I Raise
+ I Exec xdpr 1/2 -h -rv -id $w
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange
AddToFunc FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange
+ I Style * $0
+ I Recapture
# Read config files for modules:
read ConfigFvwmPager
Slackware still includes fvwm2 (i am using it right now) i suggest you use Lesstif instead of motif...
while most fvwm2 users like to customize their system with themes and icons & such i personally decided to go the other direction and make fvwm2 as minimal as possible while keeping features & a menu that is quite usable, my fvwmrc file is small enough i will post it...
Code:
EdgeResistance 100 10
EdgeScroll 100 100
ClickTime 750
DeskTopSize 2x2
MenuStyle * fvwm, Foreground White, Background DarkGreen
MenuStyle * Font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
ColormapFocus FollowsMouse
# default Styles:
# make sure these fonts exist on your system:
Style * Font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Style * IconFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Style * HilightFore White, HilightBack DarkGreen
Style * BorderWidth 4, HandleWidth 4
Style * Icon Color lightgrey/dimgrey
Style * MWMFunctions, MWMDecor, HintOverride
Style * DecorateTransient, NoPPosition
Style * FocusFollowsMouse
Style * TileCascadePlacement
#Style FvwmTaskBar BorderWidth 2, HandleWidth 2, NoTitle
# Styles for various Fvwm modules:
Style Fvwm* NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip
# some simple default key bindings:
Key Next A SCM Next[*] Focus
Key Prior A SCM Prev[*] Focus
# some simple default mouse bindings:
# for the root window:
Mouse 3 R A Menu MenuFvwmRoot Nop
Mouse 2 R A WindowList
Mouse 1 R A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps Nop
# for the title bar buttons:
Mouse 0 1 A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps Nop
Mouse 0 2 A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps Nop
# for other parts of the window/borders/icons:
Mouse 1 F A FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
Mouse 1 TS A FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
Mouse 1 I A FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
Mouse 2 I A Iconify
Mouse 2 FST A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps2 Nop
Mouse 3 TSIF A RaiseLower
######################## Initialization Functions ############################
AddToFunc StartFunction
+ I Module FvwmAnimate
+ I Module FvwmPager 0 0
AddToFunc InitFunction
+ I exec xsetroot -mod 88 88 -fg DarkGreen -bg Black
######################## Menus ###################
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmRoot
AddToMenu MenuFvwmRoot "Root Menu" Title
+ "&_ FileMan" Exec exec rox
+ "&_ Iconz!" Exec exec rox --pinboard=PIN
+ "&_ NEdit" Exec exec nedit
+ "&_ System" Exec exec gkrellm
+ "&_ Xterm" Exec exec xterm -bg black -fg white -cr red
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Graphics" Popup MenuFvwmGraphics
+ "&_ Groovy" Popup MenuFvwmGroovy
+ "&_ Internet" Popup MenufvwmInternet
+ "&_ Utilities" Popup MenuFvwmUtilities
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Config" Popup MenuFvwmConfig
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Exit Fvwm" Popup MenuFvwmQuitVerify
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmGraphics
AddToMenu MenuFvwmgraphics "_Graphics_" Title
+ "&_ Colorz!" Exec exec gcolor2
+ "&_ Gimp" Exec exec gimp
+ "&_ GQView" Exec exec gqview
+ "&_ Paint" Exec exec mtpaint
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmGroovy
AddToMenu MenuFvwmgroovy "_Groovy_" Title
+ "&_ Aumix" Exec exec aumix
+ "&_ MPlayer" Exec exec gmplayer
+ "&_ RipperX" Exec exec ripperX
+ "&_ XMMS" Exec exec xmms
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmInternet
AddToMenu MenuFvwmInternet "_Internet_" Title
+ "&_ Email" Exec exec thunderbird
+ "&_ Firefox" Exec exec firefox
+ "&_ Mozilla" Exec exec seamonkey
+ "&_ Opera" Exec exec opera
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmUtilities
AddToMenu MenuFvwmUtilities "_Utilities_" Title
+ "&_ Calculator" Exec exec xcalc -bg powderblue
+ "&_ Calender" Exec exec sunbird
+ "&_ Clippy" Exec exec xclipboard -bg powderblue
+ "&_ OpenOffice" Exec exec soffice -writer
+ "&_ xPDF" Exec exec xpdf
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmConfig
AddToMenu MenuFvwmConfig "Configuration" Title
+ "&_ Sloppy Focus" FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange SloppyFocus
+ "&_ Click To Focus" FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange ClickToFocus
+ "&_ Focus Follows Mouse" FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange FocusFollowsMouse
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Full Paging ON" EdgeScroll 100 100
+ "&_ All Paging OFF" EdgeScroll 0 0
+ "&_ Horizontal Paging Only" EdgeScroll 100 0
+ "&_ Vertical Paging Only" EdgeScroll 0 100
+ "&_ Partial Paging" EdgeScroll 50 50
+ "&_ FullPaging & EdgeWrap" EdgeScroll 100000 100000
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Animation" Popup MenuFvwmAnimate
+ "&_ RootCursor" Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-RootCursor
# The window Ops menus exhibit a different HotKey style.
# There are 2 versions of the WindowOps Menu, meant to be bound to different
# things. Here is the "common" part:
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmWindowCommon
AddToFunc FuncFvwmWindowCommon
+ I AddToMenu $0 &Move Move
+ I AddToMenu $0 &Resize Resize
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
+ I AddToMenu $0 (De)&Iconify Iconify
+ I AddToMenu $0 (un)Stick Stick
+ I AddToMenu $0 (Un)Ma&ximize Maximize
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
# + I AddToMenu $0 &Delete Delete
+ I AddToMenu $0 &Close Close
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
+ I AddToMenu $0 Destroy Destroy
+ I AddToMenu $0 "" Nop
# First windowops menu, bound to:
# mouse 2 on root
# Root menu
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps
AddToMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps "Window Ops" Title
FuncFvwmWindowCommon MenuFvwmWindowOps
+ "Re&fresh Window" RefreshWindow
DestroyMenu MenuFvwmQuitVerify
AddToMenu MenuFvwmQuitVerify "Really Quit?" Title
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Really Quit" Quit
+ "" Nop
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ Restart" Restart
+ "" Nop
+ "" Nop
+ "&_ ICEwm" Restart icewm
+ "&_ KDE" Restart startkde
+ "&_ MWM" Restart mwm
+ "&_ OpenBox" Restart openbox
+ "&_ TWM" Restart twm
+ "&_ VTWM" Restart vtwm
######################## Sample Functions ##########################
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMailXmh
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMailXmh
+ I Next [$0] Iconify false
+ I Next [$0] Focus
+ I None [$0] Exec $0 $1
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
+ I Raise
+ M Move
+ D Lower
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMaximize
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMaximize
+ M Maximize 0 100
+ H Maximize 0 100
+ C Maximize 0 80
+ D Maximize 100 100
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
+ I Raise
+ M Move
+ D Iconify
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
AddToFunc FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
+ I Raise
+ M Resize
+ D Lower
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmPrint
AddToFunc FuncFvwmPrint
+ I Raise
+ I Exec xdpr -id $w
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmPrintReverse
AddToFunc FuncFvwmPrintReverse
+ I Raise
+ I Exec xdpr 1/2 -h -rv -id $w
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange
AddToFunc FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange
+ I Style * $0
+ I Recapture
# Read config files for modules:
read ConfigFvwmPager
i dont know if it works with Cygwin, as far as the .fvwm2fc just copy & paste it to a text file and name it .fvwm2rc and put it in your home directory or ~/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc
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